SpaceX in talks to borrow $40B for Nvidia chips; Anthropic may pay up to $84.5B for compute
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-10-07
- Per Bloomberg/FT, SpaceX is in early talks to borrow $40B led by Apollo Global Management to buy Nvidia chips: $10B in bank loans plus $30B of investment-grade debt, expected to close in 2027.
- Musk has said SpaceX will build exclusively on Nvidia hardware, with many chips rented out.
- SpaceX now runs a cloud compute business; Anthropic could pay it up to $84.5B through 2029.
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